Am I going to die?

It's very interesting to listen to two 3 year olds talk as they play. Gunner has a little friend that he gets along really good with, they are both pretty laid back and I don't think I have ever seen them fight when it is just the two of them. They were playing cars yesterday and here is their conversation.
D-"How old is Malia, is she 5 or is she 6?"
Gunner-"She is 5, she's not 6 yet."
D-"Oh, my brother is 6."
Gunner-"My Dad is going to die"
D-(with a concerned look on his face) "Oh really, How come?"
Gunner-"Because he is getting old."
D-"My Dad is going to die too."
Gunner-"Yeah my mom too, we are all going to die."
D-"Yeah me too."

That was the end of the conversation, I was dying laughing in the other room because they just said it so matter of factly.
So when D's mom came to get him, I told her the conversation right off, it was a good thing because as soon as she sat down, her son asked her, "Mom, am I going to die?" So she went on to explain to them that they have a long time before they were to die, because she said, look at Grandpa and your other Grandma, and so on...

I told Ian that story, and he said, "OOPS!" He had told Gunner a few weeks ago, when they were trying to guess his age that he was so old and was going to die. Didn't think that 30 was THAT old......

Cooper 6 Months

Cooper is 6 months already, oh how the time flies! We are just having so much fun with him! He is still such a good easy going baby! I haven't taken him to his well child check yet, so I am not sure how much he weighs, but I am guessing around 16 lbs, and he is still on the short side along with his little head. He is a little steam roller and is all over the place. I think it won't be long before he starts to scoot or crawl because you can see how determined he is to get his little legs up and going. He is so easy to make laugh, and blows rasberries nonstop, so is always a little slobber monster. But we love him!

He especially loves his Dad and gets a huge smile on his face when he walks in the room. You can see why....

Last week

Here is an update on the last week. We are getting into a groove with school now, and adjusting to having Malia gone all day. We are trying to transition her into eating school lunch because we found out her whole school gets free lunch. She is just so weird about her lunch and just wants a PB&J every day. On Friday she said she didn't like anything and so she only got pretzels and raisins. What do we do about her?
Gunner and I are trying to plan some fun things so he doesn't get so bored, and I don't have a "helper" all day long.
Here are a few pictures from last Saturday. We went out on the boat which we thought was the last time, because of the weather. We will see though...it's supposed to in the 90's again this week, maybe we can talk Grandpa into going again. :)
The water is obviously chillier but Gunner, our crazy little man, doesn't even care, he just wants to get out on the skis first thing! He has even mastered what he calls some "tricks" it is pretty funny, and he is getting braver and braver.



Rebels



Here are a few from Malia's last soccer game. She is always by the ball. And does so good! Even though they were getting a little rough, and she got knocked down quite a few times.

Malia's first day!

Malia went to Kindergarten for the first day yesterday. She goes all day everyday. We weren't quite sure how we feel about that, but I think it will be good. She has to get up a lot earlier than she is used to and yesterday at breakfast she said I am so tired! I said again, you need to learn to start going to bed earlier (she is our little night owl, and always has been). She said I wish I went to Kindergarten when I was 4 because I am 5 and 5 year olds like to stay up at night. She was so tired last night she was asleep before 8:00!
So the first day went good I think. I took her in and they meet in the gym and then walk to their class with their teacher. We walked in the gym and she was pretty nervous. She went and sat down and then when they were ready I walked to class with her. She was trying to be brave I think, and did a good job. She was just pretty nervous that she wouldn't know where to go, and she wouldn't remember her class room number. She even asked if I could write it on a piece of paper for her.


When I picked her up she had even made a little friend already and she told me that her and this little girl were the only ones that brought their lunches in her class, and they had the same sandwich, yogurt, and drink.
I asked her what her favorite part was she told me Lunch!
I know everyone says this, but I still really can't believe I have a kindergartener!
Back at home, we are going to have to get used to having her not there most of the day. She was really such a big helper with Cooper, and loved to "tend" him for me. (Basically protect him from Gunner). Poor Gunner, I asked him when I got back what he wanted to do, and he said, Go pick up Malia! He was a little lost, and followed me around all day "helping me" We are going to miss her during the day I think!

Soccer Mom

I am officially a soccer mom :) Malia started soccer and had her very first game last night. Ian and I know practically nothing about soccer, but we are learning. Ian is even helping to herd...um, coach her team. She really is an aggressive little player, and goes after the ball pretty good, except for the occasional girl moment when she did some twirls on the field. She even scored a goal. It is a great little league that this couple puts together every year and the best part is it is free! They just have to buy a team shirt. It is a little choatic at times, but I think it is great for the kids to get introduced to the game and get some excercise and you don't have to worry about paying a lot of money when they don't know what they are doing. There is around 300 kids ages 4+.
She is getting to that age, it was embarassing for her when I told her I needed a picture.

The mighty hunter returns!

Well the big hunt is over on the very first day! He got a big one! The biologist said it is about 9 1/2 to 10 years old, and they usually live to about 10-12 years. It scored 150 for any of you who know about that kind of stuff. The biologist also said that for that area it was a bigger one. It also has a unique knob between his nose and eyes. He was alone when he shot it and said he saw it at about 350 yards and then snuck up to about 150 yards and dropped it in one shot. You can still see the leaves he was eating in his mouth.




This is a view of what he hunted in.

When he got home he hadn't taken the head to the taxidermist yet so we got to go see it, the kids were really excited until they saw it, and then didn't want to go near it, we had to drag them to get a picture.